[2022.11.23] FOR THE WEEK ENDING SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20 2022

For the week ending Sunday November 20 2022

10 FAST AND FEEL LOVE
    d. Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit
    Nat Kitcharit, Urassaya Sperbund
    Rating : IIA
    Length : 132 mins.
    Opening November 17 2022
    Trailer : https://youtu.be/qBNOmnnKEyE

[ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ]
    Kao, a thirty-something-year-old man, is the world's fastest sport-stacking champion who is being challenged by kids around the world trying to break his world record. In the midst of this, Kao's long-time girlfriend, who has taken care of him and everything else in his life, decides to end their relationship. Like Batman without his Alfred, the king in the world of sport stacking becomes a complete loser in real life. While Kao must keep up with up-and-coming stacking challengers, this glorious champ also needs to learn basic daily life skills. Whether it be laundry, mopping, ironing, grocery shopping, fixing the water pump or other trivial daily tasks. These simple chores for general people become uphill struggles for this sport-stacking master. Yet, the most difficult task of all for him is figuring out how to win back his girlfriend's heart.

  9 SHE SAID
    d. Maria Schrader
    Carey Mulligan, Zoe Kazan

  8 HONG KONG FAMILY
  Can : Gor Si Gor Jik
    d. Eric Tsang Hing Weng
    Teresa Mo Shun Kwan, Gardner Tse Kwan Ho, Edan Lui Cheuk On,
      Anson Lo Hon Ting, Hedwig Tam Sin Yin, Angela Yuen Lai Lam,
      Joey Leung Cho Hiu, Fung So Bo,
  Rating : IIA
  Length : 114 mins.
  Opening October 7 2022 at the Busan International Film Festival
  Opening October 25 2022 at the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival
  Opening November 24 2022
  Site : https://www.biff.kr/eng/html/program/prog_view.asp?idx=61804&c_idx=369&sp_idx=&QueryStep=2
  Site : https://www.hkaff.asia/en/film/2022/detail/128
  Teaser : https://youtu.be/6X-gj8B0DbU
  Trailer : https://youtu.be/dppabXtFBTw

[ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ]
    The chaos began at the Winter Solstice dinner eight years ago. The father lost his temper, the son, not able to forgive his father, ran away from home. Eight years have passed, and the family's relationship is still cold and distant. A cousin returns to Hong Kong from England and hopes to gather everyone for a Winter Solstice dinner. The long-awaited gathering prompted everyone to rethink their relationships with family members. Some choose to leave, some are back. When things are about to fall apart, it might as well be an opportunity to mend connections.

[ BUSAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ]
    On the evening of the family's traditional winter solstice dinner, Chun and Ling, their daughter Ki and son Yeung, and Ling's brother Ming gather at Ling's mother's house. Tired of Chun’s incompetence, losing his job when they're looking to repair and move into the house they bought with everything they had, Ling demands a divorce. While attempting to mediate between the two, Yeung gets greatly disappointed and angry with Chun. And Ming, whose business failed, has a fight with his aging mother. That becomes the last family dinner. Eight years later, Ming's daughter Joy returns to Hong Kong, and the family plans for their traditional dinner on the winter solstice again. Can the years of pain and remorse bring the family together again? On this evening of Joy’s first winter solstice dinner, the film shows through the night scenery that a family can be whole even if it is not perfect. (CHOI Eun)

[ HONG KONG ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL ]
    Edan Lui, member of Hong Kong pop sensation Mirror, takes on his most challenging role yet in this powerful and unsentimental family drama. Based on the story of director Tsang Hing Weng Eric's own family, Tsang's directorial debut follows a family in a Hakka-walled village eight years after a combative winter solstice dinner tore the family apart. When a cousin returns home and seeks to reunite the family for another dinner, they must rethink their connection. In addition to his fellow Mirror member Anson Lo, Lui is also supported by a cast of both masterful veteran actors and talented up-and-coming stars.

  7 MAMA'S AFFAIR
  AKA : K Fung Bo
  Lit : K Storm
  Can : Ah Ma Yau Jor Dai Yi Gor
  Lit : Ma Has Someone Else
    d. Kearen Pang Sau Wai
    Teresa Mo Shun Kwan, Keung To, Jer Lau Ying Ting
  Rating : I
  Length : 127 mins.
  Opening at the Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022
  Opening July 26 2022 at the New York Asian Film Festival
  Opening August 11 2022
  Trailer : https://youtu.be/bLNcvaR-pXw

[ THE FILM CATALOGUE ]
    As MEI-FUNG, housewife and former top artiste manager, unearths a new star in CHING, she also draws jealousy from her teenage son HIN. Can a single mother find a balance between her family and her career? Is her dedication driven by love or responsibility?

    [ SCREEN DAILY ]
    A former talent manager, now a single mother, discovers a new star. She has to overcome her teenage son's jealousy and find the balance between career and family.

  6 BLACK ADAM
    d. Jaume Collet-Serra
    Dwayne Johnson, Pierce Brosnan, Aldis Hodge,
      Noah Centineo, Quintessa Swindell

  5 WARRIORS OF FUTURE
  AKA : VIRTUS
  Can : Ming Yut Jin Gei
  Lit : Tomorrow War Journal
  AKA : Mau Tung Jin Jung
  Lit : Spear Shield War
    d. Ng Yuen Fai
    Louis Koo Tin Lok, Sean Lau Ching Wan, Philip Keung Ho Man,
      Carina Lau Ka Ling, Nick Cheung Ka Fai, Tse Kwan Ho,
      Tony Wu Tsz Tung, Ng Siu Hin, Wan Guopeng, Kevin Chu Kam Yin
  Rating : IIB
  Length : 112 MINS.
  Opening June 27 2019 (POSTPONED)
  Opening July 2021 (POSTPONED)
  Opening August 15 2022 at the Hong Kong International Film Festival
  Opening August 25 2022
  Teaser : https://youtu.be/WCW18rGjIvM

[ THE FILM CATALOGUE ]
    In the not-too-distant future, pollution and global warming have left Earth barren, a giant meteorite crashed down and an odd looking vine started to grow from it. While this vine, people called it Pandora, sucked up the smog and began to purify Earth, it also grew at high speed destroying anything in sight. When the genetic map of Pandora was revealed, genetic modification became the last hope for mankind.

  4 TABLE FOR SIX
  Can : Fan Hei Gung Sum
  Lit : Rice Drama Invades The Heart
    d. Sunny Chan Wing Sun
    Dayo Wong Tze Wa, Stephy Tang Lai Yun, Louis Cheung Kai Chung,
      Ivana Wong Yuen Chi, Minchen Lin, Peter Chan Charm Man
  Rating : IIA
  Length : 119 mins.
  Opening February 1 2022 (POSTPONED)
  Opening April 24 2022 at the Udine Far East Film Festival
  Opening July 23 2022 at the New York Asian Film Festival
  Opening July 23 2022 (Preview)
  Opening September 8 2022
  Trailer : https://youtu.be/k7BdhlOT0ME
  Teaser : https://youtu.be/TgfcHM8rHuM
  Music Video : https://youtu.be/B_RXfmvKYrE

[ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ]
    It is often said that food and meals bring families together, but in TABLE FOR SIX it's clear that not all family gatherings are a cause for celebration. In this melodramatic comedy, three brothers reside in a home that they inherited from their late parents. The eldest brother Steve, theoretically is the man of the house, but he constantly is getting dissed by his two younger brothers Bernard and Lung for the decisions he makes, the inedible meals that he cooks, and his complicated romantic encounters. To prepare for a family reunion dinner, Steve seeks the help of Lung’s girlfriend and foodie Josephine and in doing so, wins back their hearts for a while, until his old flame and Bernard’s new girlfriend Monica shows up. That's a recipe for a disaster waiting to explode! The unexpected visit of Steve's part-time girlfriend Meow not only fails to turn down the heat and cool the awkward situation, but stirs up the sibling conflict even further.

  3 LOVE SUDDENLY
  Can : Fut Yin Sum Dung
    d. Mak Ho Bong
    Roxanne Tong Lok Man, Karena Ng Chin Yu,
      Edward Ma Chi Wai, Adam Pak Tin Nam, Anson Kong Yip Sang,
      Michael Ning (Bak Ji), Chloe So Ho Yi, Shirley Chan Yan Yin
  Rating : IIB
  Length : 93 mins.
  Trailer : https://youtu.be/XXwfWDvdf5Y
  ig : https://www.instagram.com/movie_lovesuddenly/
  Opening February 1 2022 (POSTPONED)
  Opening November 17 2022

[ CINEMA CITY HONG KONG ]
    This story is a collection of four love relationships: Geeky Hong who looks forward to romance bumps into Shirley; Rich kid Silver who is socially anxious hires a rental boyfriend Jerome; Chung and Zoe,a dysfunctional pair of social couple; and Ho an indecisive person meeting Tin Tin, a nurse with polyamorous relationships. Following the through line in each story, they encounter unexpected obstacles in their relationships all set on the eve of Valentine's Day.

  2 THE SPARRING PARTNER
  Can : Jing Yi Wai Long
  Lit : Justice Cloister
    d. Ho Cheuk Tin
    Yeung Wai Lun, Mak Pui Tung, Louisa So Yuk Wa, Michael Chow Man Kin,
      Jan Lamb Hoi Fung, Gloria Yip Wan Yi,
      Xenia Chong Wan Ching,
  Rating : III
  Length : 135 mins.
  Opening August 30 2022 at the Hong Kong International Film Festival
  Opening October 27 2022
  Trailer : https://youtu.be/YZ7g5Gp97B8

[ THE 46TH HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ]
    Adapted from a sensational real-life case in 2013, the intricate story begins when a young man partners with his friend to murder and dismember his parents. Pleading not guilty, the defense attorneys soon turn on each other, as the defendants play the devil and idiot game. Meanwhile, heated debates emerge inside the jury room, where nine jurors grapple with the truth. Crafting a complex, multi-layered narrative with surprising twists and turns, Ho Cheuk-tin sets himself a formidable challenge in this directorial debut.

[ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ]
    Adapted from a sensational 2013 family murder, Henry Cheung partnered up with his friend Angus Tong to murder and dismember his parents. In the courtroom, two veteran lawyers Wilson Ng and Carrie Yau were defending the pair pleading not guilty. The prosecutor Allen Chu suggests the murder was a calculated move for money. But the plot thickened when Ng and Yau began to present their case, and when Tong rebutted all accusations on his own. The truth becomes all the more elusive as the defendants played the role of 'genius' and 'idiot' in court. In the breakroom, discussions between the nine jury members spiraled into debates of right and wrong.

  1 BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
    d. Ryan Coogler
    Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Winston Duke,
      Angela Bassett, Tenoch Huerta, Martin Freeman, Dominique Thorne